Neat truck. And two steam engines for background. The NN is a pretty interesting museum. Taken at this years winter photo shoot.

Engineer Tyson with locomotives standing by – East Ely depot, February 3rd, 2012, Ely Nevada. For more details on the Winter Photo Shoots at the Nevada Northern Railway, plus many more events he... (more)

Nevada Northern Railway locomotive # 40, built by Baldwin Locomotive Work of Philadelphia in 1910, crosses Steptoe Creek at daybreak on Feb. 5th, 2012. For more details on the Winter Photo Shoots,... (more)

Nevada Northern Railway locomotive # 40 once again sports the recently restored “Safety First” slogan to the front of her smoke box. The use of this slogan on the smoke box can be traced as fa... (more)

The 2012 Winter Photo Shoots at the Nevada Northern Railway are once again under way. This scene is from the first Friday night photo session that took ploace on Feb. 3rd, 2012, held this year in ... (more)

Pride And Joy. #93 might be the muscle of the NN fleet, but #40 is their baby. Here, she soaks up the limelight during a night photo session before being put to bed for the night. ... (more)

The New Way And The Old Way. Rolling along the highway that made it obsolete, NN's passenger train returns to Ely. U.S. 50 now gets workers to the mine and copper ore to market, bu... (more)

Backyards And Fences. NN's passenger train rolls through the backyards of Ely as it approaches the yard limits. In the past, #40 would have headed for the SP at Cobre, but today sh... (more)

High Desert Haulers. Nevada Northern rostermates 40 and 93 simmer quietly under the East Ely coal tower. Both once made their living connecting Ely and its copper mine with the out... (more)

Downhill From Here. In the days before widespread ownership of cars, this was how most of the Nevada Consolidated Copper Company's employees got to and from work. Leaving the mine,... (more)

Leaving Town. With his engine putting on a smoke show, engineer John Tyson opens up #40's throttle and eases the passenger train away from East Ely.

The Loadout. Returning downhill from Keystone to Ely, #40 leads her passenger train past an old loading platform. Small mines in the area, not large enough to have their own tipple... (more)

The New Spot. On Saturday afternoon, participants at the NNRy's Winter Photo Shoot were treated to a pair of photo runbys at a previously-unused spot below Keystone. While the phot... (more)

On The Night Shift. At the end of the day, engines 40 and 93 rest under the coal tower, in anticipation of a weekend of photo runbys. Strobe lighting by Steve Crise.

Almost There. 142 miles from the SP connection at Cobre and 124 miles from the WP at Shafter, #40 drags her train up through Tunnel 1 on the way to the mine. Only four miles separa... (more)